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...fake IDs, entering the country illegally or drug possession. It also has caught one of its own: several months ago a representative from the Department of Homeland Security tested the system by trying to get a fake weapon through the screening checkpoint; he was successfully stopped by a STOP screener. The TSA will also consider deploying SPOT teams to other transportation systems like train and bus stations...
...lesbian affair? his wife's martini habit? the adulterous bishops?--has already drawn the ire of the American Family Association (AFA), a conservative cultural watchdog group, which charged that the show "mocks Christianity." (Or that at least the promos do; the group had not yet seen, or requested, a screener from NBC.) NBC entertainment president Kevin Reilly says it's a funny but ultimately sincere family drama, though he notes that he expects "there will be a mixed reaction...
...implemented new airport security rules in 450 commercial airports in the U.S., women across the country have been subjected to increasingly invasive searches that many decry as bordering on harassment. A recent New York Times article quotes one woman, Heather L. Maurer, who says that after a male screener gave her a full body pat-down, “he lifted my shirt and looked down the back of my pants.” Another, singer Patti LuPone, was forced to remove her shirt even though she protested, saying she was wearing nothing but a “thin...
These searches are physically and emotionally violating, for obvious reasons. But what’s even worse is the screening system’s huge potential for abuse of power, by allowing screeners to select whomever they want based on “visual observation.” In addition, while the new protocols may have good intent, in practice they clearly violate basic standards. For example, although female passengers are allowed to request a screener of the same sex, they often have no choice. Felkins says that a male screener did ask her if she felt uncomfortable being examined...
...being groped a small price to pay for the security of the American People? Except we’re not getting what we paid for. First of all, searching the wrong people is a waste of resources. We aren’t any safer because a TSA screener has decided that some blonde nineteen-year-old isn’t hiding ten pounds of C4 in her thong. Instead, they should focus on developing search systems that can examine all passengers equaIly and efficiently. Secondly, screeners focused on trying to get a free peep show are apt to miss...